Picker-stick strap.



No. 707.4()6 Patanted`Aug. I9, |902.

C. FABER. v

PICKER STICK STRAP.

(Application ld Feb. 6. 1,902.) (N o M u d e l i Il w,

Nrrnn CHARLES FABER, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PlCKERf-STICK STRAP.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,406, dated August19, 1902.

Application led February 6, 1902. Serial No. 92.832. (No model.)

to which it'appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a picker-stick strap which connects thepicker-stick of a loom and the mechanism by which a reciprocatingmovement is imparted to said stick.

The object of the invention is to provide a metallic pickerstick strapwhich shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparativelyinexpensive of production, and which will serve as a substitute for thepicker-stick straps of canvas, leather, and like materials so commonlyemployed.

Vith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a portion ofthe picker-stick, the rocker-arm, and the strap connecting thepicker-stick to the rocking arm; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thesame parts. Fig. 3 is a side view of the strap, showing the relation ofits yoke or loop thereto when engaged with a horizontally-swingingrocker-arm.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the picker-stick, 2 the rocker-arm,and 3 the strap connecting lthe rocker-arm to the picker-stick by whichmovement is transmitted from the former to the latter.

The strap preferably consists of two longitudinal slotted bars 4 and 5,the inner faces of which are provided with interlocking serrations 6.These bars are held together in longitudinal adjustment by bolts 7,passed through the slots therein and provided with nuts and washers Sand 9, respectively. The outer end of one bar is provided with a solidhead 10, having a vertically-disposed aperture 11andatransversely-disposed aperture 12. The outer end of the other bar isprovided with a forked head 12', to which is secured by a bolt 13/ aloop or yoke 14., which is adapted to receive thepicker-stick.

13 denotes a yoke or loop which is secured to the head 10 when therocker arm is mounted, as shown in Fig. 1, to swing in a vertical planeby a bolt passing through the transverse aperture. When the rocker-armis mountedv to swing in a horizontal plane, the yoke or loop is securedto the head 10 by a bolt passing through the vertical aperture. Thisyoke or loop has a link connection with the rocker-arm, as more clearlyshown in Fig. 1.

15 denotes a support for the loop or yoke 14 and consists of a bar 16,bolted or otherwise secured to the pickerstick and provided with asleeve 17 `at itsV outer end through-which projects a bar 18, which issecured in Vertical adjustment by a set-screw 19. The upper end of thebar 18 is provided with a transversely-disposed head 20, havingconnected thereto a roller 21, with which the lower edge of the loop oryoke 14. engages and by means of which that end of the strap issupported in proper relation to the picker-stick. The support 15 servesas a substitute for the hangerstrap now so commonly employed forconnecting the picker-stick strap to the pickerstick.

When it is desired to change the throw of the picker-stick, the two-partstrap is adjusted the desired length and the bar 18 moved' upwardly ordownwardly-upwardly to lessen the distance of the throw of thepicker-stick and downwardly to increase the distance of the throw-andthen secured in its adjusted position by the set-screw. Theseadjustmentsthat is, the adjustments of the strap and of the support-maybe easily and expeditiously effected.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction`may be made within the scope of the invention without de- IOO partingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A picker-stick strap for looms, compris-` ing lon gitndinally-adjnstable parts formed at their outer ends with heads, one of which isformed with vertical and transverse apertures andthe other with atransverse aperture, means for locking said parts in adjusted position,a yoke, a bolt for engagement with either the transverse or verticalaperture located in the head, whereby the yoke may be attached to ahorizontal or vertical swinging rocker-arm of the loom, and a secondyoke bolted to the other head and adapted to enhi CHARLES S FABER.

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Witnesses:

LOUIS P. TALBOT, OSCAR BOUSQUET.

